[SOLVED] Vim not working properly in terminal

[helstreak]

when I prompt vim in the terminal it will start but it won't type...yes I entered insert mode ;) also, it won't even display the text of a file. all that it gives me is this crap when I try to type:

All 1,2
All 1,3
All 1,4


Anyone else have this problem? Anyone know a good way to fix it?

here's my vimrc in case it helps:
syntax on
set smartindent
set autoindent
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
set noswapfile
set columns=90
set lines=40
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set smarttab
filetype indent on
colorscheme murphy


thanks for the help :)

edit: forgot to mention this is ubuntu 8.04, gnome terminal

edit2: found the problem...it was with "set columns=90" it was freaking out because the column width was too wide for the terminal or something since the default is set at 80...just had to change the columns=80 and now it works. :)

[kcode]

Just tried your .vimrc. I dont think so there is any problem with it.

[helstreak]

Just tried your .vimrc. I dont think so there is any problem with it.

i didn't think there was a problem with it either, just put it up in case. its odd that vim isn't working correctly :(

[digitalvectorz]

Did vim work prior to implementing that new vimrc? Or is this the first time that you're testing it out since a reinstall or something?

[helstreak]

Did vim work prior to implementing that new vimrc? Or is this the first time that you're testing it out since a reinstall or something?

if i take away the vimrc it works fine but then when i put back my settings it stops working....erg

[digitalvectorz]

try commenting out line after line in vimrc and rerun vim to find the culprit line?